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2 is enough.
One Radiomir, one Luminor. One Right hand, one Left hand. One Unitas, one In-house. One Painted, one Sandwich. One Anonymous, one not. All I ever needed. Pam 249 & 557.
I would have been very happy ....
if Officine Panerai had continue to improve with the Unitas movement which brought us to Panerai. And not try to do anything else. Sad with the recent Panerai trend. ...
2 is enough.
One Radiomir, one Luminor. One Right hand, one Left hand. One Unitas, one In-house. One Painted, one Sandwich. One Anonymous, one not. All I ever needed. Pam 249 & 557.
Your point is noted and your disappointment is understood. However,..
…there was an industry trend for watch companies outside the Swatch group to create or source replacements to their ETA powered watches. Swatch had been warning people that they would not sell ebauches to others after a certain date. Most of Panerai watch...
No excuse for poor ETHICS.
There is no "however" and "buts" for me. OP had the opportunity of a life time and blew it.
The Unitas movement could be soooo much more, with a bit of care and effort.
Independent watchmaker Toristi Laine does some incredible work wth the movement. Panerai needs to step it up. ...
They do....
on a small number of models. After all, the indipendent doesn't produce thousands of pieces, does he? ...
The Swatch Group.....
.....requested the authorization (by the Swiss government) to stop supplying their competitors with their movements by year 2000 (am I the only one that remembers, or my memory is well an truly a "thing of the past"?) The Swiss government accepted the req...
It shows a bit more thought and effort.
And as a luxury timepiece at a given price-point it should be the norm. Have been investing time into looking at various brands... efforts into... and their 'ask'.
Depends on the ask.
The movement is solid and reliable. Easy to service and get typical service bits too. That's a big win!
For the entry level Panerai models, I agree.
It’s hard to beat this, especially if you can see it. ...